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Texas Jews split as lawmakers sign off on $1B private school voucher program

JL;DR SUMMARY Texas Jews are divided over a new $1 billion school voucher program approved by the Texas House of Representatives, which will provide up to $10,000 per student for private school tuition. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Private SchoolsPublic SchoolsJewish EducationOrthodox JudaismReform JudaismLegislationJewish Day SchoolsReligious FreedomTexasSchool Vouchers

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Austin, Texas, United States
"wrote Rabbi Eleanor B. Steinman of Austin and Rabbi Joshua R. S. Fixler of Houston in an op-ed published by the Austin American-Statesman."
Houston, Texas, United States
"with two Republican lawmakers joining the Democrats in voting against it. Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to swiftly sign the bill into law once it reaches his desk following a reconciliation process with the Texas Senate."
Texas, United States
"Texas is home to 20 private Jewish schools whose students and families stand to have their tuition supplemented up to $10,000 per student by tax dollars, according to the Houston Chronicle."
San Antonio, Texas, United States
"Lisa Epstein, the director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of San Antonio, told the Houston Chronicle that the curriculum issue was affecting Jewish families  in some cases driving them toward private schools that could soon become more affordable with vouchers."

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